Obie O'Brien: A life in music

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Talk about a life in music! Obie O’Brien has done many things in
his musical career, starting with playing drums when he was 12,
to building a basement studio in the 1960s, to owning a
sophisticated studio in Philadelphia. And for over 30 years,
working with Jon Bon Jovi in many capacities.


I first met Obie in the early 1970s, at my studio. We hit it off
right away with our similar approach to music and recording. But
we lost touch for a couple of decades. Now Obie lives not too far
from me and has built a wonderful studio for his own projects,
where he works with up-and-coming artists.


For the last year, Obie has been at home during the pandemic.
Previously, he was touring with Bon Jovi almost all the time.
This has given us much more time to hang out, listen to what each
of us is working on, and for Obie to tell me about the amazing
work he is doing, like re-mixing many songs by Motown artists
from the 60s.


This is the first of two parts of our long conversation, in which
we talk about those topics and a whole lot more.


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